Hogu God

Arlene has been good at checking someone’s condition since she was a child.

I just caught the other person’s emotions the moment I saw them.

When a trainee collapsed during training, I could tell whether the trainee was really struggling or was struggling.

It was thanks to that ability that he was able to knock out the trainees who tried to approach Martin with malice in advance.

In Aline’s eyes, the fire bird looked a little strange.

It was the firebird that looked helpless from Pedro’s attack while being tied up in Martin’s river net, but Arlene didn’t think that the firebird was taking a hit.

‘Am I pretending to be weak?’

Unlike Martin, who blindly believed in the feeling of the firebird’s momentum being reduced by the strong wind net in real time, it may have been because Alin was only observing the appearance, so he was able to see it more objectively.

After a brief observation, Arlene could see that the firebird was after something. That Martin is falling for that goal.

‘We have to stop it!’

In the first place, the unqualified self came here for this moment.

-If you think your father is in danger, just take him and run away.

Martin had said that, but Arlene was included in the list of Tulle, of course.

“Whoa… … .”

Aline took a deep breath and lowered her stance as much as possible so that she could jump out at any time.

As a mere 6-adult, he knew it wasn’t a battlefield he could step into, but he thought he could be of some help to Martin because he had the trait of being a person who crossed the limit.

‘I will save my brother at all costs.’

Now, Arlene was determined to once again cross the limit of no return, just as she had done to save Martin when she escaped from training camp.

For her, Martin was someone she was willing to sacrifice her life for.

However,

As a result, there was no room for her to intervene.

pat-

Martin started to move so fast that he couldn’t even see the afterimage. And a fireball that was created before I knew it and flew towards Martin.

The two of them moved so fast that there was no chance to intervene.

As always, the uneasy premonition came true.

‘no!’

Aline, who flinched and tried to express her characteristics.

Fortunately, Martin dodges the fireball to a halt before she can move, and Arlene manages to keep herself out of bounds.

‘thank god.’

I heard ominous sounds like legs being crushed from Martin, but I lived anyway.

That kind of thing will recover soon.

It’s not like they’re called superhuman.

But the scene that followed made her freak out.

‘Is it spinning?’

The fireball that passed Martin rotates wide and flies back to Martin.

‘My brother is in danger.’

I could hear Martin’s legs being crushed.

A situation that obviously won’t last long.

Allin eventually decided to manifest the trait.

The question is, how far do you go?

The limit that Ali can go up now is roughly the level of an 8-star superhuman.

If you go to that extent, you can return to normal anyway, even if there are aftereffects after the characteristic is manifested.

However, if you go beyond that, that is, beyond the limits of limits, you will never be able to return. The heart where the magic scepter exists and the brain that governs the body explode and die.

Of course, Aline wasn’t afraid to die.

There is only one thing she is afraid of.

It was to see Martin die.

So, I tried to cross the limit without hesitation.

8 stars.

When she got there, she kicked off the ground and ran to Martin.

slightly brighter vision.

But still Martin and Fireball are fast.

Running to Martin, Arlene only cared about one thing.

Become 8 stars and adapt to the changed speed.

Arlene had no intention of attacking or defending.

I just wanted to save Martin by hitting that fireball instead.

50 m.

With Martin at that distance, Arlene fully adapted to 8-star speed.

Now it’s 9 stars.

Even if I set a lot of time to endure, it would be less than 10 seconds, but it doesn’t matter.

10 seconds is not enough time to reach that fireball, so it’s overflowing time.

‘Brother, you must live.’

Taking a last glance at Martin’s face, she soon crossed the limit and tried to enter the ninth star.

By the way,

chin.

The characteristics that were manifested by someone’s touch on the shoulder were closed.

Even my running feet stopped.

“what… … ?”

Turning around, what she saw was a horn covered in a robe.

Horn was looking at Martin with a hardened face.

“Please let go of this.”

[It’s really not for Martin.]

“… I’ll do that later. I have to go to my brother quickly.”

There will be no ‘later’, but… … .

It was at that moment when Arlene, who had swallowed her words inwardly, was about to take a step.

shook-

My eyes felt dizzy with the feeling of my body floating.

Arlene shouted as she suppressed her rising vomit.

“What the hell is this!”

The place where she came with Horn holding onto one shoulder was the sky overlooking the battlefield.

[You can’t die.]

“Why am I dying!”

Horn shouted and didn’t even look at Arlin, who tried to shake off his hand.

From the moment he first stopped Arlene until now, he had been looking only at Martin.

[Martin… I’m not just an ordinary human.]

Horn is a transcendentalist.

A being that can break away from the laws of the world and see and deal with causality.

Just a moment ago, Horn was very fleeting, but I saw Martin’s causality fluctuate, and beyond that, I glimpsed only part of Martin’s future and its essence.

Perhaps it was because Horn himself made a pact of soul with Martin.

Horn looked at them and defined Martin like this.

‘A monster outside the standard… … .’

The being Martin he saw was a monster who was completely out of the world’s providence.

Even though I only saw a small part of it, I couldn’t help but think so.

[Martin does not die.]

“… really? Will my brother be okay?”

Martin had previously said that this demon, Horn, was a transcendent of the same class as the ancient warriors.

Since Horn said it as if he were confident, Arlene had no choice but to believe it.

No, I wanted to believe.

Of course, Horn didn’t mean that Martin wouldn’t die in that sense.

[It’s not that I won’t die now.]

“What do you mean?”

[This means that he has no concept of ‘death’.]

In that sense, Horn felt a deep affinity for Martin.

Wasn’t it because he couldn’t die completely, so he signed a pact with Martin?

Of course, there was a huge difference between himself, who was cursed with immortality by the lord of hell, and Martin, who himself escaped providence.

“I don’t know what the old man is talking about.”

[Don’t try to understand. You will experience it soon anyway. by the way… Right. It might be a bit difficult for this to happen, but I need to get Pedro out too.]

Horn turned his palm down.

If Martin had been watching, the force that would have shouted ‘Haze!’ descended and headed towards Pedro, who was attacking the firebird.

shook-

Pedro, dragged into the air as if moving through space, glared at the horn.

“What is this?”

[Don’t lose your strength when it’s useless, just watch it.]

Horn pointed down with his finger.

Kwaaang-

Just in time, a fireball the size of a fingernail hits Martin and a tremendous explosion is seen.

Huge firepower that would have caught Pedro himself had he stayed down there.

But Pedro didn’t feel the slightest bit of relief.

At this moment, the only thing on Pedro’s mind was his concern for Martin, who was in the center of the explosion.

And it was no different for Alin.

“brother!”

“Martin!”

Arlene and Pedro tried to go downstairs, screaming at their throats.

“Leave this! We have to go to Martin.”

“I have to bring my brother! Let go!”

But Horn didn’t let them go.

[Remember this moment.]

The two of them glared at Horn’s voice with resentful eyes.

Horn, who had been looking only at Martin, looked at the two for the first time.

[It doesn’t matter if Martin dies. What matters is you. You must never die.]

A strong haze blooms from Horn’s body and surrounds the two of them.

“What!”

[From now on, as much as possible, you must not show Martin dying.]

After Hoorn’s words, the two lost consciousness.

* * *

I came to my senses.

The first thing I saw was the face of Shin whom I had met at a bar a week ago.

[As long as you can reach the earth… … . what?]

Shin narrows his brow and tilts his head.

Looking at it, I realize that I have returned again.

[you… … .]

He raised his hand to say something.

“Wait a minute.”

My head is pounding.

‘It’s coming back again… … .’

Didn’t the EX-class perk end with just one?

Will it continue to regress like this every time it dies?

A number of questions come to mind.

Still, one thing is clear: I’m glad I came to this point.

If you go back to the training center much earlier than now, like when you first returned, all the ties you’ve made so far will be gone.

If I did, I would probably fall into a deep sense of helplessness.

‘Why did I come at this time this time?’

You shouldn’t just think of it as luck and move on.

Then the starting point of the next regression will also depend on luck.

You should know why the point you go to when you return is different.

More than anything… … .

‘It looks like I’ll die quite a bit from now on.’

Of course, I have to make sure that doesn’t happen, but for some reason I have a gut feeling that it will.

It seems that I will experience many deaths and regressions in the future… … .

Before I died, I thought there would be no return, but in fact, deep down in my heart, I may have known that this would happen.

‘Because I saw myself in illusion.’

cold face.

A look like a machine that showed no emotion.

Even when he found out that it was Alice’s death, he calmly said that it would be okay to reverse it.

It wasn’t something you could see just because loved ones died.

I couldn’t find the slightest emotion like sadness in me in the illusion.

‘How many times did I repeat the regression there?’

After going through several regressions, can this me change that much?

I don’t think it will happen at least ten times.

[How long do I have to wait?]

I got out of my thoughts at the word of God.

“Are you trying to tell me to save the Earth?”

At my words, his eyes lit up.

[What the hell are you kidding me with?]

“joke?”

[Yeah, kidding. I don’t know the details, but you just did something. That looks very interesting… … .]

Are you also new… … .

As I was admiring it, he grabbed my hand.

“… What?”

[me too… Can’t I get involved in that prank?]

His eyes, which had always been playful, are now serious enough to feel solemn.

I answered by untangling his hand.

“I don’t even know your name yet.”

I hadn’t even heard his name before returning.

“How can I trust you like that? Will you put it in me?”

At my words, he speaks as if he had been waiting.

[I am Loki Laufeyson, son of the great Laufey.]

“Lokira… … .”

It’s a name I’ve never heard of.

You said he was a pretty famous god on Earth.

[I want to join your pranks too! Can you put it in?]

Now I even feel desperate.

I couldn’t hide my curiosity.

“Why do you want to be involved in my work so much? You don’t even know what I’m trying to do.”

At my words, Loki exclaimed in excitement.

[I don’t know, but it doesn’t matter! You are not just an ordinary mortal! The existence that can do what I and ordinary gods cannot do, that is you! I’m with you, do I need another reason!]

Loki Laufeyson with shining eyes.

A thick scent emanates from him.

‘Well… Nice.’

It’s the thick scent of Hogu!